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The Suicide of Saul by Pieter Brueghel the Elder (1562) — 30 May 2018

The Battle of Mount Gilboa: King Saul’s Defeat and Death

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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The Battle of Mount Gilboa (circa 1050 BC) was a turning point in Israel’s military and political history. The Israelite and Philistine armies would once again engage in exchanging bloodshed. However, the reason as to why the Philistines marched...
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The Suicide of Saul by Pieter Brueghel the Elder (1562) — 30 May 2018

The Battle of Mount Gilboa: King Saul’s Defeat and Death

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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The Battle of Mount Gilboa (circa 1050 BC) was a turning point in Israel’s military and political history. The Israelite and Philistine armies would once again engage in exchanging bloodshed. However, the reason as to why the Philistines marched...
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Knights of the Holy Ghost embarking on the crusades. After a miniature in a manuscript of the XIVth Century in the museum of the Louvre. — 14 May 2018

The Seven Most Deadly Weapons of the Crusades, or Were There Eight?

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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Any weapon can be deadly when properly used, so by no means is this list all inclusive. The timeline of the Crusades spans from 1096 AD to 1272 AD, with the 9th Crusade dealing with the Muslim Near-East and North-Africa. Of course, there were many...
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Knights of the Holy Ghost embarking on the crusades. After a miniature in a manuscript of the XIVth Century in the museum of the Louvre. — 14 May 2018

The Seven Most Deadly Weapons of the Crusades, or Were There Eight?

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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Any weapon can be deadly when properly used, so by no means is this list all inclusive. The timeline of the Crusades spans from 1096 AD to 1272 AD, with the 9th Crusade dealing with the Muslim Near-East and North-Africa. Of course, there were many...
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The view across a battlefield undergoing heavy bombardment by Paul Nash 1918 commissioned by the Ministry of Information — 04 May 2018

The Cost of War: Supply and Demand – Part II

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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Once loans had been secured and granted, the World War I monster had an appetite that could not be satiated. The American banking firms, munitions industries, industries and agriculture worked hand-in-hand to fulfill the needs of the Allied Powers....
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The view across a battlefield undergoing heavy bombardment by Paul Nash 1918 commissioned by the Ministry of Information — 04 May 2018

The Cost of War: Supply and Demand – Part II

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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Once loans had been secured and granted, the World War I monster had an appetite that could not be satiated. The American banking firms, munitions industries, industries and agriculture worked hand-in-hand to fulfill the needs of the Allied Powers....
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John Singer Sargent's Gassed presents a classical frieze of soldiers being led from the battlefield - alive, but changed forever by individual encounters with deadly hazard in war. — 02 May 2018

The Cost of War: Democracy Comes at a Price – Part 1

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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A Serbian by the name of Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, on 28 June 1914. The action of Princip would lead the world into a war of unbelievable devastation. How...
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John Singer Sargent's Gassed presents a classical frieze of soldiers being led from the battlefield - alive, but changed forever by individual encounters with deadly hazard in war. — 02 May 2018

The Cost of War: Democracy Comes at a Price – Part 1

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

1

A Serbian by the name of Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, on 28 June 1914. The action of Princip would lead the world into a war of unbelievable devastation. How...
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Varangian Guard. Chronicle of John Skylitzes 13th Century — 06 Apr 2018

The Varangian Guard: Elite Byzantine Warrior Merchants

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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The Varangians were an elite guard that once served as the personal bodyguards of Byzantine emperors. When not protecting the emperor, they served at the frontlines in times of war to protect and expand the borders of the Byzantine Empire. But who...
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Varangian Guard. Chronicle of John Skylitzes 13th Century — 06 Apr 2018

The Varangian Guard: Elite Byzantine Warrior Merchants

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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The Varangians were an elite guard that once served as the personal bodyguards of Byzantine emperors. When not protecting the emperor, they served at the frontlines in times of war to protect and expand the borders of the Byzantine Empire. But who...
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The Siege of Constantinople. Emperor Heraclius attacks a Persian fortress, while the Persians attack Constantinople from the Constantine Manasses Chronicle, 14th century. — 05 Mar 2018

Was the First Islamic Siege of Constantinople (674 – 678 AD) a Historical Misnomer?

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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In 636 AD, the armies of Islam under the Rashidun Caliphate, defeated the forces of the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of Yarmouk (near the Yarmouk River, along what today are the borders of Syria–Jordan and Syria–Israel, east of the Sea of...
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The Siege of Constantinople. Emperor Heraclius attacks a Persian fortress, while the Persians attack Constantinople from the Constantine Manasses Chronicle, 14th century. — 05 Mar 2018

Was the First Islamic Siege of Constantinople (674 – 678 AD) a Historical Misnomer?

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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In 636 AD, the armies of Islam under the Rashidun Caliphate, defeated the forces of the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of Yarmouk (near the Yarmouk River, along what today are the borders of Syria–Jordan and Syria–Israel, east of the Sea of...
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The Invitation of the Varangians: Rurik and his brothers Sineus and Truvor arrive at the lands of the Ilmen Slavs at Staraya Ladoga. Painted prior to 1913 by Viktor.M.Vasnetsov. — 22 Jan 2018

Fierce in Battle, Fierce in Trading. Viking Sea States of Merchants – Part II

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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By the 9th century, the Scandinavian sea nomads that had tormented the British coastline, had conquered parts of the land and assimilated cultures. They established the Danelaw, territories where soon their equally honed skills as traders would...
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The Invitation of the Varangians: Rurik and his brothers Sineus and Truvor arrive at the lands of the Ilmen Slavs at Staraya Ladoga. Painted prior to 1913 by Viktor.M.Vasnetsov. — 22 Jan 2018

Fierce in Battle, Fierce in Trading. Viking Sea States of Merchants – Part II

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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By the 9th century, the Scandinavian sea nomads that had tormented the British coastline, had conquered parts of the land and assimilated cultures. They established the Danelaw, territories where soon their equally honed skills as traders would...
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A Viking offers a slave girl to a Persian merchant. — 19 Jan 2018

Torment of the Sea Nomads. Viking Sea States of Merchants - Part I

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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In the late 8th century, a group of Scandinavian sea nomads took to the sea and tormented Europe and Asia through their terrible acts of piracy. Thankfully, by the early 9th century, their piracy ceased in favor of a more lucrative trading and...
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A Viking offers a slave girl to a Persian merchant. — 19 Jan 2018

Torment of the Sea Nomads. Viking Sea States of Merchants - Part I

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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In the late 8th century, a group of Scandinavian sea nomads took to the sea and tormented Europe and Asia through their terrible acts of piracy. Thankfully, by the early 9th century, their piracy ceased in favor of a more lucrative trading and...
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The Fall of Man depicted in the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo — 10 Jan 2018

Sons of Cain, Builders of Empires. Paradise Lost Gives Rise to the Birth of City-States. – Part II

By Cam Rea

Mythology & Mystery

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After brutally slaying his brother Abel, Cain had to flee Eden and settled in the land of Nod. He laid the foundations of the city Enoch, so named after his firstborn son, Enoch. Cain craved the blessings of the Garden of Eden his parents had...
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The Fall of Man depicted in the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo — 10 Jan 2018

Sons of Cain, Builders of Empires. Paradise Lost Gives Rise to the Birth of City-States. – Part II

By Cam Rea

Mythology & Mystery

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After brutally slaying his brother Abel, Cain had to flee Eden and settled in the land of Nod. He laid the foundations of the city Enoch, so named after his firstborn son, Enoch. Cain craved the blessings of the Garden of Eden his parents had...
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Expulsion from Paradise, painting by James Jacques Joseph Tissot — 08 Jan 2018

Cursed Cain, the Master Architect. Paradise Lost Gives Rise to the Birth of City-States – Part I

By Cam Rea

Mythology & Mystery

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Mankind has always endeavored to revive the paradise lost to Adam and Eve and in so doing managed to originate the concept of city-states.What is considered a State?According to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, “A state is an organized...
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Expulsion from Paradise, painting by James Jacques Joseph Tissot — 08 Jan 2018

Cursed Cain, the Master Architect. Paradise Lost Gives Rise to the Birth of City-States – Part I

By Cam Rea

Mythology & Mystery

1

Mankind has always endeavored to revive the paradise lost to Adam and Eve and in so doing managed to originate the concept of city-states.What is considered a State?According to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, “A state is an organized...
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